Congratulations! I’m excited to see the covers 2013 will bring.

Before I announce the overall 2012 Best Book Cover Winners, here is a recap of the genre finalists and the awards. Authors, publishers and cover designers may download the award image and upload it to your own blogs and/or websites, if desired. Right click on the image and select “Save Image As…” to save to your computer.

Readers’ Choice Genre Winners
(Click on the Genre link to see details about the cover.)

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. *Another highly competitive category. There are six covers for you to vote on. Albrek’s Tomb by […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. After Hello by Lisa Mangum Publisher: Shadow Mountain Cover Designer: I like the elements of this cover. […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. *These are covers that feature something other than the character’s face as the central design. Everneath by […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. *Another category with too many choices, so I’m breaking it into two. These are covers that feature […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. *These are for adult speculative fiction. YA comes next. And yes, there are six covers for you […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. *Note: This is the category for lighter romance or romantic comedies. Emmalee by Jenni James Publisher: Walnut […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. *Note: This is the more traditional romance category. Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson Publisher: Shadow Mountain Cover Designer: […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. All Fall Down by Julie Coulter Bellon Publisher: Julie Coulter Bellon Cover Designer: LibrisPro I […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. Have you noticed a trend in mystery covers? A lot of them use frayed fonts—meaning, the font […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. Historical is probably my least favorite category of covers. A lot of historical books seem to just […]

Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. Remember: Vote for the COVER, not the story or the author. Voting deadline: Midnight, Saturday, January 26, 2012. Voting guidelines & details here. Athena by Heather B. Moore Publisher: Covenant Cover Designer: ?? I love this cover! I love […]